Main entry: gilded, meretricious, specious
Definition: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Usage: the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility; meretricious praise; a meretricious argument
Main entry: meretricious, loud, cheap, brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy, gimcrack
Definition: tastelessly showy
Usage: a flash car; a flashy ring; garish colors; a gaudy costume; loud sport shirts; a meretricious yet stylish book; tawdry ornaments
Main entry: meretricious
Definition: like or relating to a prostitute
Usage: meretricious relationships